AN: Sorry this one is a short chapter. Please review. Thanks to everyone that reviewed.
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"Percy! I'm so glad I found you." Katie Gardner called out. Percy and Annabeth paused as Katie caught up to them.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked. Katie came to a stop in front of them panting.
"Travis 'pant' got stuck 'pant' in lake." She managed. Annabeth and Percy exchanged an confused glance. Annabeth shrugged and turned back to Katie.
"Take a deep breath and explain what happened." Annabeth suggested. Katie nodded and took a deep breath.
"Travis and I were swimming in the lake, when his foot got caught on the seaweed. At first I thought he was joking, he IS a Stoll. So I left him to it, but after a few minutes I realised that he was being serious and so I swam over to help him. I tried to cut the seaweed with my sword when this shark swam up to us. I don't even know how a shark could get in a lake. So I started to cut the seaweed faster, but it wasn't cutting and Travis told me to come and get someone to help him. So I swam over to the edge of the lake and got out. I ran towards the big house, to get Chiron, and I found you guys instead. Can you help Percy?" Katie explained in a rush.
"Right." Percy said slowly. He looked at Annabeth and she nodded.
"Do you want me to come with you?" She asked. Percy shook his head.
"No. You have to go find Stephan. I'll help Travis." He said. Katie exhaled in relief. Percy smiled at Annabeth and ran towards the Lake, Katie on his heels. Annabeth shook her head indulgently at him and smiled. She watched Percy leave for a couple of seconds before she turned on her heel and headed towards the big house. A couple of campers called out and waved on her way. She smiled at them and waved back. As she walked she noticed the huge amount of new campers that had appeared over the month or so they'd been gone. There were about triple the amount of campers then there had been during the last summer and some of the cabins where reaching maximum capacity. They had been going over designs for second floors and room extensions for the cabins. She walked up the big house stairs and stepped onto the front porch. Annabeth pushed open the door and stepped into the big house. She glanced around for Stephan, a new Dionysus camp. Sighing, she noted the empty room and sat in one of the chairs to wait for Chiron or Stephan to show up. She began to go over her theories for the camp 'tagging' in her head. She had barely been sitting for more than five seconds when she heard campers urgently calling her name.
"What now?" She thought frustrated. Annoyed at having her thoughts interrupted she ignored them. The voices came closer and louder. She sighed and coughed slightly. Standing, she walked to the window and looked out. The Big house was on fire. The entire porch was lit up like a bonfire and she gasped. Smoke was seeping in under the door and she coughed. Annabeth ran towards the back door and looked out. The back of the porch was on fire as well. She was trapped. She ran back to the front door hoping that she might be able to run quickly through the fire. By this time the walls had caught on fire as well and the smoke was entering her lungs. Annabeth gripped the t-shirt covered book to her chest and ran upstairs. She entered one of the rooms that was facing the lake and ran to the window. She threw it opened and looked down. Below her the porch was on fire and so where the walls. She coughed and scanned the grass near her. Several campers had gathered around the big house.
"Percy!" She screamed at the campers choking. She pointed to the lake. "Percy! Get Percy!" The campers all scattered, some ran towards the lake and others ran towards the beach, hopefully to find Percy. Annabeth went back into the hallway and ran towards the bathroom. She turned on the tap and left. Running down the stairs she saw that almost all of the furniture had caught on fire. She dodged the flaming furniture and ran towards the kitchen. She turned on the tap and started to fill glasses with water. She tossed the water at the fire on the door and it slowly went out. She sighed in relief before being overcome with a coughing fit. The fire was burning her and the smoke filling her lunges. She staggered towards the stairs and gripped the railing. She took the stairs slowly one at a time. Her head was getting hazy. Three steps left, two steps left, one. She tripped and collapsed on the landing of the second floor. She could feel the heat of the fire next to her arm and the precious book clutched in her hands, through the thin t-shirt. She could hear a strange ringing noise in her ears and her eyes blurred. Then suddenly she was drenched in water.
"Percy." She murmured softly before she lost consciousness.
